What shocked the censors! (1933)

Record Details:

Title:
What shocked the censors!
Date:
1933
Publisher:
New York : The National Council on Freedom from Censorship
Volume:
What shocked the censors!
Leaf #:
00016
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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more than a pioneer memory, and when liberties are unmistakable, authentic, and thoroughly guaranteed. A decent society cannot be reared upon the edifice of fear, and all censorship is at bottom a manifestation of fear. It thus becomes clear that censorship of motion pictures is merely a part of a much more significant problem. Our thoughts need to be clarified with respect to the larger equation. As much as we may as individuals dislike certain aspects of motion pictures, this fact should not lead us into gross confusion. To allow the principle of censorship to gain headway in one sphere is to admit the validity in all others. The "cure" for an isolated sore thereupon becomes a systemic disease within the whole of society. Those who genuinely desire that life and experience in this country shall become cleaner, more decent, more human have a much more important task to perform than is implied in the negativism of censorship. Theirs is the responsibility to criticise, not symptoms, but the social diseases themselves. 12